Arcade Fireplace have shared particulars about their forthcoming album ‘Pink Elephant’, and dropped the brand new lead single ‘12 months Of The Snake’. Test it out beneath.
The brand new materials comes after frontman Win Butler and co. started teasing their comeback in latest days and made a cryptic replace to their social media bio final month. A sequence of surprising, pink-tinted posts had been shared throughout social media in latest weeks too, main followers to assume it might be a sign for brand new materials – seemingly a follow-up to 2022’s ‘WE’.
Taking to their fan membership app final night time (April 7), the members confirmed that the title of the forthcoming LP could be known as ‘Pink Elephant’ and it will be arriving on Could 9. Additionally they revealed that there could be a lead single known as ‘12 months Of The Snake’, which might be arriving throughout the subsequent 24 hours – though additional particulars remained beneath wraps.
Now, the band have shared an official announcement concerning the album and dropped the euphoric lead single throughout streaming platforms.
With the brand new observe, Arcade Fireplace showcase a joyful, optimistic strategy that’s set to proceed throughout all the LP. It sees Régine Chassagne ship soothing vocals and make her debut on the bass, whereas Win Butler sits behind the drum package for the primary time with the band. The motif of newness continues into the music as an entire, because it explores concepts of renewal, constructive transformation and new beginnings.
Whereas the music has solely been formally launched as we speak (April 8), the band did get away the observe dwell whereas at Willie Nelson’s pageant final month. Test it out beneath, alongside a brand new video that was made with assist from longtime collaborator David Wilson and video artist Mark Prendergast.
As for the album as an entire, ‘Pink Elephant’ marks the seventh studio album from Arcade Fireplace and is ready to discover a “cinematic mystical punk” strategy. It spans throughout 42minutes and includes 10 new songs, all of which had been recorded at Win and Régine’s personal Good Information Recording Studio in New Orleans.
In keeping with a brand new description, the title comes as a reference to “that paradoxical impact the place the trouble to suppress a thought results in it being unattainable to keep away from.” Additionally it is anticipated to steer the listener on a “sonic odyssey that exists throughout the notion of the person, a meditation on each darkness and lightweight, the wonder inside.”
The band additionally state that they hope listeners will revisit the album as an entire a number of occasions, with the intention to enable the “layers of this condensed epic unfold to disclose new dimensions with every successive pay attention.”
Go to right here to pre-order ‘Pink Elephant’, and take a look at the total tracklist beneath.
The observe itemizing for Pink Elephant is:
1. ’Open Your Coronary heart or Die Attempting’
2. ’Pink Elephant’
3. ’12 months Of The Snake’
4. ’Circle Of Belief’
5. ’Alien Nation’
6. ’Past Salvation’
7. ’Journey Or Die’
8. ‘I Love Her Shadow’
9. ’She Cries Diamond Rain’
10. ’Caught In My Head’
In addition to sharing particulars concerning the album and dropping the lead single, this week additionally marks the debut of the band’s personal app known as the Circle Of Belief. It is a direct manner for followers to search out Arcade Fireplace information, music and movies, in addition to obtain early entry to tickets and unique merch.
On high of that, there are additionally episodes of Santa Pirata Radio the place the band communicate on to followers and supply private insights and behind-the-scenes information on all issues Arcade Fireplace. You’ll be able to obtain it right here to take a look at the unique launch of the observe ‘Vehicles And Telephones’ alongside its accompanying video.
In keeping with a brand new press launch, the band are set to announce a sequence of “announce particular gigs in choose cities” throughout the subsequent few days, and these reveals will see Win Butler and co. carry out the brand new album in its entirety forward of the discharge date. Extra particulars about these reveals will arrive quickly.
‘Pink Elephant’ would be the band’s first new album since allegations of sexual misconduct arose in opposition to Butler. 4 folks got here ahead to accuse the singer of inappropriate behaviour, and the accusations additionally led to Feist leaving her tour early.
Butler replied to the allegations in a prolonged assertion of his personal, claiming he was “very sorry to anybody who I’ve damage with my behaviour” however sustaining that “these relationships had been all consensual”.
In different information, Arcade Fireplace have introduced their solely ‘Funeral’ twentieth anniversary present for North America at Pink Rocks Amphitheatre. Go to right here for tickets.
